New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
WHERE DOES TIE COWARD LURKs
MRS. wECHsLER NOT IN DANGER.

REWARD or $1,000 OFFERED FOR THE DIsCoY-
cry OF TaE SENDER OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOX.
Brooklyn detectives hard work yesterday on
the slight cevs pointing the discovery Of the person
! who sent the explosive machine to the house OF
! Joseph Wcchscr. Mrs. Wechser suffering yester-
day chiefly from the shock caused by the
explosion. Tho wounds her face and those of her
Philip not serious, although painful. They
CAUSED By splintcrs that few from tho box when
It exploded. Her hands and fingers more severely
but these Injuries considered gerous,
except from fear of blood poisoning.
80 far as they have been discovered. the Diet alls
Indicate deliberate plan. II shortly after p. IN.
when the messenger rang the bell OF Mr. Wechslers
house, No 800 Wash gton ave. Mr.. Rossman the
father Of Mrs. Wechsler answered the call and the
messenger he says wore cap and uniform like those
Of the American District Telegraph Company. lie in
qurcd for Mrs. Wechser and left package and letter
Mrs Wcchsler opened the letter, which was addressed
to her husband. and read as follows:
SIR; send YOU few articles which
iy i am very sorry for it now and l sincerely
trust that you Will not entirely condemn young man
keep this matter private and not attempt pro>ecnet
me win repay dollar for dollar for all the goods that
| have taken. A. | doing this on the advice OF
receive visit from him tomorrow IN regard to THIS
matter His object, and mine also Is to make you
tickets tomorrow Of goods that have disposed Of
IN that Yours truly, LOUIS Is. SWIFT.
No 903 West Fifty cighhst Ncw-lork
Mrs Wechsler read the letter aloud and then began
to open the package, which was tied up In copy of
"The Daily News Of Friday. When she had done
this she two boxes. ono was yellow cardboard
box with blue edges. 1t was about seven by three
inches and about an inch or SO deep. The other
a box about nine inches I'm length, three In width and
about three inches deep, according to Mrs Wechscrs
best recollection and description Of It, with wo-
mans curiosity she wanted to know what II was that
the supposed pcnltcnt thief had sent back She had
the two boxes her lap and proceeded to examine
the wooden one first. 1t such box a couple |
OF dozen lead pencils might have been in, like those
which artists carry materials In. 1t had sliding |
lid, with thumbhold at tho opening end
rhc bottom was of pine ana me resi- OF birch slightly
some wire bent something after the fashion of hair
PIN small copper tube sucn as = used Tor rhaESe
remain TO explain the mechanism which brought about |
There IS no doubt that the charge was gun cotton
and that when the ma was pulled open brought the
discharge The cardboard box was blown open AT one
end By the force Of rio explosion 1t r contained sIsn q
The box was lined with cheap material in red; and
the articles, which are common are marked mar X; r.
so marked there wcrc three leather purses, new, and
which would sell for sGSu S cSnf saGh h, for
few moments all in ,, the house were p1rayzed
lRh "s '''i police =" were informed Of tho circnm-
stances. Mr. Wcchslcr had by that time
10 tho police.
NO CAUSE CAN BE ASSIGNED FOR THE OUTRAGE.
Mr. Wcchslcr said yesterday that he could think OF
no one who would make deliberate attempt TO
Injurc him. Ills partner, Mr. Abraham, IS equally at
a loss TO account for the cOwaidly action. Peter
McNulty tho manager Of the firm, says that the dis
charge OF employees Is always made through him. and
be- could rccolect instance which would suggest
malice Of this None Of tho articles In tho boxes
are of kind that kept in stock In their store and
consequently could not have como rom there as the
letter pretended. Yesterday Police Captain McKelvcy
ascertained inquiry at tho offices of the District
Messenger Service that messenger had been sent 10
any number In WaShiD gton-ave. Friday evening.
either from Ncw-lork or Brooklyn, Mr.. ROsSman
says messenger appeared to him young man about
years old.
Detectives 1T lee and Shaughnessy weo sent to Now
York look up the Swifts and Launcys In the New
York dlrcc Ory. No such person Louis b. swirl |
,ould be found No. POI West Fifty eighth st, and
he name of the uncle believed TO be intended to mis-
cad The handwriting the envelope has the appear
nee of one accustomed TO writing In German. Super
ntcndcnt Campbell although he has yet been unable
a get any satisfactory information, thinks that
Il The evidence that has been published Will lead TO
races Of the perpetrators. Mr. Wechser has offered
cwar Of ~ 900 for information leading to the
nd conviction Of the person who sent this package
U his house.
MR. CANDA LNXIOUS TO FIND IA CKSON
Nhicers Of the suDTreasury said yesterday that they
ad received information about the dsfaung paying